$1.6m · Seed · Media · London, UK
European Technology Network (ETN), a London-based live show covering technology and venture capital, has raised $1.6m in Seed funding. TechCrunch reports that Powerhouse Capital, Axel Springer SE, a LADbible co-founder and angel investors from OpenAI and DeepMind participated. ETN is using the round to move from two broadcasts a week to five, open a larger King’s Cross studio, expand its eight-person team and launch a newsletter.
Live cadence turns access into inventory
Founders Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers launched ETN in October 2025 as a livestream on X and YouTube. The show mixes discussion of European technology news with founder and investor interviews, and TechCrunch says it had generated more than 5m views before the financing. ETN was receiving roughly 70 guest pitches a week and trying to fit 12 interviews into two two-hour sessions, according to Chambers. A daily schedule gives the team more room to convert that demand into programming instead of treating access as a weekly bottleneck.
The business model is advertising and sponsorship. ETN names Polymarket, Base and ElevenLabs among its sponsors, while the live format gives partners repeated visibility across long broadcasts, clips and guest conversations. Moving to five days can increase both audience habit and sponsor inventory, but it also changes the operating challenge: the company must fill many more hours without weakening guest quality or turning the programme into a sequence of press appearances.
The show is the entry point, not the whole network
ETN’s expansion adds a newsletter and new formats such as debates, roundtables and pitch sessions. In a launch-day interview, the founders described the live show as a way into a broader network that could eventually support events and other businesses. The immediate commercial test is simpler: whether more frequent programming can deepen a recognisable European audience while keeping production economics attractive. If ETN can turn guest access into consistent viewing and sponsor renewals, the studio becomes more than a content expense; it becomes the operating base for a recurring media product.
